Folding serving stand



Patented Mar. 25, 1924.

, 1,488,425 PATENT oFncE.

THOMAS WILSON, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed February 26, 1923. if Serial N0. 621,30 3.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS VVILsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angelesand State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Serving Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in folding serving stands and has particular reference to providing a stand of this nature with silencing means.

The principal object of this invention is to produce a stand which when used will prevent the usual ringing noise when silver is placed upon a metal tray, which tray rests upon the stand.

Another object is to produce a device of this character which is simple in construction and therefore cheap to manufacture.

A further object is to accomplish the above result without materially altering the present construction of serving stands.

A still further object is to provide for an additional shelf, which shelf may be employed for holding service silver.

Other objects, and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device showing a tray resting thereon,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of my device,

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In large hotels and dining rooms it is common to employ a stand adjacent the table being served, upon which the serving tray is placed when removing silver from the table, the placing of the same upon the tray produces a ringing sound, as these trays are, in most instances, constructed of metal and rest upon the top wooden piece of the stand.

I propose to overcome this objectionable noise by providing silencing means, which comprises two pivoted pads which are adapted to be swung over and on the webs forming the connecting means between the top pieces of the stand.

These pads therefore serve to lift the tray oil from the wooden top piece of the table, thus deadening the ringing of the tray placed thereon.

.In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numerals 5 and 6 designate a set of parallel spaced legs which are pivoted to av set of parallel spaced legs 7 and 8, the pivot being indicated at 9. Each of these parallel spaced legs carries at its upper extremity a round top piece as shown at 11 and 12, while suitable rungs 13 and 14 serve to space the lower extremities of these legs.

By viewing Figure 2Vit will be noted that flexible bands 16 and 17 extend between the top members 11 and 12 and have their ends secured thereto, which flexible bands are preferably formed of woven material such as webbing.

The construction thus far described relates to an ordinary serving table. By now referring to Figure 2 it will be noted that the top members 11 and 12'are each provided with an annular recess as shown at 18 and 19.

The purpose of these annular recesses is to accommodate a pad supporting means, which consists of a bent metal member having a curved end 21 and a straight end 22, the curved portion encircling the round top piece at a point within the annular recesses. The straight end 22 is suitablysecured to a block 23 about which a padding 24 is placed. This padding is held to the block 23 by a fabric covering 26.

Pivoted to the rung 13 is a shelf 27 having a clip 28 mounted upon its upper surface and adapted to have its free end resting upon the rung 1 1. When theshelf is not in use it is moved to the dotted line position shown in Figure 1. Likewise, when the pads are not in use they may be swung to the dotted line position shown in Figure 1.

My device operates as follows Assuming that the same has been assembled as shown in Figure 1, the placing of the tray thereon results in the tray resting upon the pads, which in turn rests upon the resilient strips 16 and 17, thus cushioning the tray so that when metal objects are laid thereon the natural ring of the metal will be immediately deadened.

It is to be understood that the form ofmy invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be re-. sorted to without departing from the spirit the scope of the subinvention, I

10 said top members, pads of greater thickness than the thickness of said top members, said pads being adapted to rest'upon said flexible bands, and means for securing said pads to said top members, said means comprising curved metal portions adapted to lie in said annular recesses, and having a straight end secured to said pads. a

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. V

' THOMAS WILSON, 

